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Other Services and Charges <br />include professional services, contractual maintenance and repair, utilities, <br />memberships, inter-fund charges, and training and conferences. It also includes the costs attributable to <br />the purchase of water from the City of St. Paul and wastewater treatment costs paid to the Met Council. <br />Park Master Plan <br />–Refers to the City’s long-range plan for developing and redeveloping the Park system <br />including facilities, trails, and natural amenities. <br />Parks and Recreation <br />includes recreation administration and programs, leisure activities, and the Skating <br />Center operation. <br />Pavement Management Program <br />–Refers to the City’s long-range plan for repairing and reconstruction <br />local streets. <br />Personal Services <br />includes the wage, benefit, and insurance costs of employees. <br />Personnel Costs <br />–See ‘Personal Services’. <br />Public Safety <br />includes the costs associated with providing police and fire protection. <br />Public Works <br />includes engineering, street maintenance, street lighting, fleet maintenance, and building <br />maintenance functions. <br />Property Taxes <br />include taxes levied against taxable property. <br />Proprietary Funds <br />–refers to the fund group that is used to account for the City’s business-type <br />operations. These operations are normally supported by user fees and operate more like a private business <br />would. <br />Reserves <br />–monies held in interest-bearing accounts that areset aside for some future purpose, but are not <br />necessarily needed in the current fiscal year. Reserves are also referred to as ‘fund balance’ or ‘sinking <br />funds’. <br />Sinking Funds <br />–See ‘Reserves’. <br />Special Assessment <br />-Acharge made against certain properties to defray all or part of the cost of a specific <br />capital improvement that benefits primarily those properties <br />. <br />Special Purpose <br />functions include information technology, communications, license center, lawful <br />gambling enforcement, and parks maintenance. <br />State Aid <br />monies refer to a variety of both general and specific aids provided by the State of Minnesota. <br />It includes funding for police training, fire equipment, street maintenance and repair, and others. <br />Supplies and Materials <br />include office supplies,motor fuel and vehicle supplies, clothing and protective <br />gear, street repair materials, and salt/sand purchases. <br />Tax Capacity <br />–a formula used to represent the taxable property value of a parcel(s) within the City and <br />is used to determine the local tax rate. <br />Tax Levy <br />–See ‘Property Taxes’. <br />118 <br /> <br />